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obama. we had a very difficult moment in 2008. there were two wonderful, credible candidates fighting against each other. they came together and they are still together. bill clinton, once again, validated president obama who is someone who is up to the job and getting america back on track. >> they're probably not hanging out together having a beer after this. they've gone their separate ways. >> it depends on the recipe as you well know. >> carly fiorina? >> i agree. i think bill clinton is an incredibly skillful and fantastic storyteller. we heard a story in that clip that you played. his story was all the problems were caused by republicans for the last eight years. it was bill clinton that seened financial deregulation, democrats who sat and stood in opposition to reigning in fannie mae and freddie mac, which helped create the mortgage crisis. he told a great story. problem is he used some facts that helped him and ignored some facts that didn't help him. it was vintage clinton, great t
obama. we had a very difficult moment in 2008. there were two wonderful, credible candidates fighting against each other. they came together and they are still together. bill clinton, once again, validated president obama who is someone who is up to the job and getting america back on track. >> they're probably not hanging out together having a beer after this. they've gone their separate ways. >> it depends on the recipe as you well know. >> carly fiorina? >> i agree. i...
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obama. you know, we had a very difficult moment in 2008. it was two wonderful incredible candidates fighting against each other, they came together and they're still together and tonight bill clinton once again validated president obama as someone who is up to the job and getting america back on -- >> they're not hanging out tonight having a beer together. they've gone their separate ways. >> it depends on the recipe, as you know. >> i agree, i think bill clinton is an incredibly skillful and fantastic storyteller. he told a story in that clip. all the problems were caused by the republicans for the last eight years, it was bill clinton that signed financial deregulati deregulation. it was democrats who stood in opposition to reigning in fannie mae and freddie mac which helped create the mortgage crisis. so he told a great story. the problem is, he used some facts that helped him, and ignored some facts that didn't help him, it was vintage clinton, it was great to watch. it was a great story
obama. you know, we had a very difficult moment in 2008. it was two wonderful incredible candidates fighting against each other, they came together and they're still together and tonight bill clinton once again validated president obama as someone who is up to the job and getting america back on -- >> they're not hanging out tonight having a beer together. they've gone their separate ways. >> it depends on the recipe, as you know. >> i agree, i think bill clinton is an...
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top barack obama? >> the expectations game definitely works against the president. it is a speech that is going to be compared to the '08 speech. >> reporter: obama comes from a long line of democratic party presidential candidates who face similar speaking challenges. recall how bill clinton's snoozer of a speech in 1988 -- >> reporter: became history when it was replaced by his rousing 1992 speech. >> i have news for the forces of greed and the defenders of the status quo, your time has come and gone. >> reporter: it's up to obama to live up to clinton's successful second convention speech. >> tonight let us resolve to build that bridge to the 21st century, to meet our challenges and to protect our values. >> the president has to make a case for his own re-election and to remind voters why he elected them in the first place. and what are the choices that he's made that have been helpful and successful despite the fact that they may have been some things that the president did not achieve. >> reporter
top barack obama? >> the expectations game definitely works against the president. it is a speech that is going to be compared to the '08 speech. >> reporter: obama comes from a long line of democratic party presidential candidates who face similar speaking challenges. recall how bill clinton's snoozer of a speech in 1988 -- >> reporter: became history when it was replaced by his rousing 1992 speech. >> i have news for the forces of greed and the defenders of the status...
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so the fact that president obama and his campaign and president obama, the person in particular has started to reach out to him over the past couple of years, asking him for advice and asking him for surrogate and sent him on missions is kind of the culmination of that, and the culmination of loving the fact that he is back and wanted and needed and he knows he can deliver it like no one else. >> and how did he set up the president for tonight, maria, because the bar is pretty high. >> absolutely. bill clinton did three things brilliantly last night. the first one is that he was wonky, but he served it up in a colloquial way that everybody could understand it and everything that he was talking about was very relevant to everyday people's live, and the second thing is that in that way, h had a super defense and embrace of the obama accomplishments which is something that frankly a lot of people who said that the obama campaign had been doing this for nths, we would not be in this tight race, and the third thing is that he essentially became a surrogate for feeling our pain for the president
so the fact that president obama and his campaign and president obama, the person in particular has started to reach out to him over the past couple of years, asking him for advice and asking him for surrogate and sent him on missions is kind of the culmination of that, and the culmination of loving the fact that he is back and wanted and needed and he knows he can deliver it like no one else. >> and how did he set up the president for tonight, maria, because the bar is pretty high....
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and this from james, it depends on who president obama says tonight. and if his speech is as good as his wife's speech and as informative as president clinton's speech, he will win in november. keep the conversation going. thank you for your comments. and thank you for joining me this morning. i'm carol costello. "cnn newsroom" continues right now with ashleigh banfield. >>> thank you very much. hi, everybody. good to see you. it's 11:00 on the east coast. 8:00 on the west coast. let's get down to business. whatever happens in november, whatever happens tonight in charlotte is something that barack obama will never do again, accept his party's nomination for president. you cannot turn on your television or fire up your computer without hearing what mr. obama must do on the closing night of the democratic convention. but it mostly boils down to this -- top bill. bill clinton. or at least live up to the set-up that was delivered in vintage bill clinton fashion on actually a night that typically belongs to the running mate. but do not fret for mr. joe bid
and this from james, it depends on who president obama says tonight. and if his speech is as good as his wife's speech and as informative as president clinton's speech, he will win in november. keep the conversation going. thank you for your comments. and thank you for joining me this morning. i'm carol costello. "cnn newsroom" continues right now with ashleigh banfield. >>> thank you very much. hi, everybody. good to see you. it's 11:00 on the east coast. 8:00 on the west...
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so he went through the entire litany for presidt obama so president obama doesn't really have to do that tonight and brag about himself. what he does is he says this is where i'm going to take you for the next four years. >> i'm sure joe biden will be a little tougher, a little more assertive shall we say in his speech, that will happen in the 9:00 p.m. eastern hour. the president will have the 10:00 p.m. eastern hour basically all to himself. ladies, don't go too far away. i want to check in with our own kate bolduan. she's on the convention floor. she's got a closer look at some of the big musical acts. i love these. and what the delegates will have the best seats to watch the performances. kate, what are you seeing? >> hey, wolf. we're really in the thick of it right now. this arena is filling up earlier and filling up faster than the previous two days. we're back in the best seats in the house center stage front and center to hear president obama and vice president biden when they take the stage this evening. we're talking about right where we are here. these are the delegations of i
so he went through the entire litany for presidt obama so president obama doesn't really have to do that tonight and brag about himself. what he does is he says this is where i'm going to take you for the next four years. >> i'm sure joe biden will be a little tougher, a little more assertive shall we say in his speech, that will happen in the 9:00 p.m. eastern hour. the president will have the 10:00 p.m. eastern hour basically all to himself. ladies, don't go too far away. i want to...
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obama. [ applause ] >> i want barack obama to be the next president of the united states, and i proudly nominate him to be the standard bearer of the democratic party. now, folks, in tampa a few days ago, we heard a lot of talk, all about how the president and the democrats don't really believe in free enterprise and individual initiative, how we want everybody to be dependent on the government, how bad we are for the economy. this republican narrative, its alternative universe says that every one of us in this room who amounts to anything, we're all completely self-made. one of the greatest chairmen the democratic party ever had, bob strauss, used to say that every politician wants every voter to believe he was born in a log cabin he built himself. but as strauss then admitted, it ain't so. we democrats, we think the country works better with a strong middle class, with real opportunities for poor folks to work their way into it, where the relentless focus on the future with business and go
obama. [ applause ] >> i want barack obama to be the next president of the united states, and i proudly nominate him to be the standard bearer of the democratic party. now, folks, in tampa a few days ago, we heard a lot of talk, all about how the president and the democrats don't really believe in free enterprise and individual initiative, how we want everybody to be dependent on the government, how bad we are for the economy. this republican narrative, its alternative universe says that...
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obama and boehner. one quote, it was increasingly clear that no one was running washington. >>> plus, the dnc up against mtv. the vmas are tonight. from the network that spearheaded the rock the vote campaign, are they shooting themselves in the foot here? >>> and next year begins now for the 32 nfl teams looking to take home the lombardi trophy. and what better way to kick off the nfl season than with one of the biggest rivalries, the cowboys and the giants. "newsroom" starts now. >>> and good morning to you. thank you so much for joining us. i'm carol costello. we begin in charlotte where democrats are setting the stage for the big finale. but an elder superstar of the party may have stolen the show. we'll listen to some key moments of bill clinton's rousing speech to the party faithful in just a moment. expectations were high, and by virtually all accounts the former president delivered. that will make a tough act to follow for vice president joe biden, who delivers a "primetime" address on this fina
obama and boehner. one quote, it was increasingly clear that no one was running washington. >>> plus, the dnc up against mtv. the vmas are tonight. from the network that spearheaded the rock the vote campaign, are they shooting themselves in the foot here? >>> and next year begins now for the 32 nfl teams looking to take home the lombardi trophy. and what better way to kick off the nfl season than with one of the biggest rivalries, the cowboys and the giants....
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president obama's acceptance speech. bi clinton certainly set the stage last night with a powerful rousing address. now it's up to president obama to deliver. and what he says here just a few hours from now could have a huge impact on whether he gets another four years in the white house. so we're just moments away from the day's opening gavel. you'll see it all here unfolding live. president obama says he'll share his vision for the future tonight. and his aides say he'll offer some concrete proposals at the same time. but what does he need to say in this crucial appearance, gloria borger, candy crowley are both here. the challenge for him, we know he's a great order, there will be poetry and pros and all of that, but the country wants some substance as well. >> yeah. i think president obama needs to convince the country that he can fix the economy, period. there's a lot of disaffected, disappointed democrats out there who are watching this convention, who watched mitt romney's convention. and they want somebody who can
president obama's acceptance speech. bi clinton certainly set the stage last night with a powerful rousing address. now it's up to president obama to deliver. and what he says here just a few hours from now could have a huge impact on whether he gets another four years in the white house. so we're just moments away from the day's opening gavel. you'll see it all here unfolding live. president obama says he'll share his vision for the future tonight. and his aides say he'll offer some concrete...
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this is barack obama at his best. i stood with him once in the oval office and looked at him before the state of the union speech and he and i are both former athletes, and especially with me the former is the important part of that, and i talked the best game of basketball ever. i looked at him and said you, sir, are what we call a gamer. you rise to the challenge of the moment. you're going to see the president come out here and look the american public in the eye and explain it with the lucidity that bill clinton did and with the obama energy and the obama spirit we saw in the first lady that i think will penetrate tonight. >> he certainly had it keyed up for him. the question is can he close the deal? he actually has to make the case his policies and what he will do in the next four years will make the difference for 23 million unemployed. >> it is very pragmatic. this is what i am saying. the independent watchers of this know he proposed a jobs plan that would put hundreds of thousands and not millions of america
this is barack obama at his best. i stood with him once in the oval office and looked at him before the state of the union speech and he and i are both former athletes, and especially with me the former is the important part of that, and i talked the best game of basketball ever. i looked at him and said you, sir, are what we call a gamer. you rise to the challenge of the moment. you're going to see the president come out here and look the american public in the eye and explain it with the...
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he framed obama's willingness to compromise in the most personal of ways. >> president obama appointed several members of his cabinet, even though they supported hillary in the primary. heck, he even appointed hillary. >> heck. >> that was so vintage bill clinton. that obviously was by far the highlight so far. earlier, the way that the day started was not so good. it was pretty awful, even chaotic for the democrats. they tried to fix an error that they realized they made politically by taking out the word god from the plot form and taking out the concept of jerusalem as israel capital. they changed it but they did it in a way that they had to have a voice vote to do so. and the chair of the convention, mayor villaraigosa had to go it three times to be able to say i think we have pictures of this, that there was a two-thirds majority. i was standing there, john during this awkward moment. there was booing actual booing in the room. there were not a lot of people who were happy about that. >> this was a moment of chaos and completely unforced error for the democrats and one they cleaned
he framed obama's willingness to compromise in the most personal of ways. >> president obama appointed several members of his cabinet, even though they supported hillary in the primary. heck, he even appointed hillary. >> heck. >> that was so vintage bill clinton. that obviously was by far the highlight so far. earlier, the way that the day started was not so good. it was pretty awful, even chaotic for the democrats. they tried to fix an error that they realized they made...
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we should not run from the term obama care. i am glad obama cares. because obama cares, children born with diabetes can no longer be denied coverage on their parent's insurance policies. because obama cares, people with catastrophic illnesses can no longer be dropped from coverage when they get sick. families will no longer have their benefits capped. this preacher's kid is told by romans 13:12, "the night is far spent. the day is at hand. let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light." let us go from this place, lighting candles all across this great country, and re-elect president barack obama and vice president joe biden so they can continue lighting candles and moving thicountry forward. >> a number of well-known names. not from the political world. celebrities who are in the hall tonight. two will be addressing this convention in just a moment. scarlett johansson and actress kerry washington. >> i am so grateful to be here with you tonight. i'm here not just as an actress. but as a woman, an african-american, a granddaughte
we should not run from the term obama care. i am glad obama cares. because obama cares, children born with diabetes can no longer be denied coverage on their parent's insurance policies. because obama cares, people with catastrophic illnesses can no longer be dropped from coverage when they get sick. families will no longer have their benefits capped. this preacher's kid is told by romans 13:12, "the night is far spent. the day is at hand. let us cast off the works of darkness and put on...